Publisher Description
The original version of LATW’s groundbreaking docudrama about the Pentagon Papers, the infamous classified documents about US involvement in the Vietnam War, and how The Washington Post fought the government to publish them.
Includes a 1991 panel discussion with journalists Ben Bradlee, Peter Braestrup, Robert Maynard, Carla Robbins, Robert Scheer, and George Wilson.
Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica in March, 1991.
Directed by Tom Moore
Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg
Philip Abbot as Chal Roberts
Irene Arranga as Bailiff/Clerk
Edward Asner as Ben Bradlee
Ed Begley, Jr. as George Wilson
Jack Coleman as Eugene Patterson/Carl Coogan
Richard Dysart as Narrator
Hector Elizondo as Fritz Beebee
Bo Foxworth as The Soldier
Robert Foxworth as Ben Bagdikian
Robin Gammell as Murray Marder
Gerrit Graham as Robert Mardian
Howard Hesseman as Brian Sullivan
Stacy Keach as John Mitchell
Darrell Larson as Darryl Cox
Nan Martin as Meg Greenfield
Marsha Mason as Katherine Graham
Richard Riehle as Lamont Vanderhall
Harry Shearer as Richard Nixon
Joe Spano as Ron Ziegler
James Whitmore as Judge Martin Peel
Harris Yulin as Henry Kissinger
Stage Manager and Sound Effects, Barnaby Harris. Recording Engineer, Steve Barker.
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About the Authors
Geoffrey Cowan, president of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands and the Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership at the University of Southern California, is the best-selling author of The People v. Clarence Darrow.
Leroy Aarons (1933–2004) was an award-winning journalist and playwright, a national correspondent for the Washington Post, and executive editor of the Oakland Tribune. Aarons founded and was past president of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.
About the Narrators
Ed Begley, Jr. is an American actor and environmental activist. He has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He played Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988. The role earned him six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Since 1970, he has been an environmentalist, well known for his travels in an electric car, reducing trash and recycling, and becoming a vegan.
Edward “Ed” Asner (1929–2021) was an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, later continued in a spin-off series, Lou Grant. He made dozens of appearances—including voice-over work—on television shows and recorded a number of audiobooks.
Edward “Ed” Asner is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, later continued in a spin-off series, Lou Grant. He has made dozens of appearances—including voice-over work—on television shows and has recorded a number of audiobooks.
Hector Elizondo
is a stage, film, and television actor who was born and raised in New York. He
has appeared in many Broadway productions, most notably in Arthur Penn’s Sly Fox. His many film credits include Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride, both alongside Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, as
well as The Princess Diaries and Valentine’s Day.
Marsha Mason is a four-time Academy Award nominee for Best Actress and a two-time Golden Globe winner. She was nominated for an Emmy for her guest appearance on Frasier and for a Grammy for best Comedy Album in 2000. She is currently featured on the sitcom The Middle. Her Broadway credits include The Night of the Iguana (1996) and Steel Magnolias (2005).
John Vickery is a
classical stage actor who has appeared in many stage performances, including The Lion King on Broadway, in which he
played Scar. He has also appeared on a variety of television shows, most
notably Babylon 5 and Star Trek.
Stacy Keach is perhaps best known for his portrayal of hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer. He played Ken Titus on the sitcom Titus, Warden Henry Pope in the hit series Prison Break, and has been seen in numerous film and stage productions. He won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Ernest Hemingway and starred as Richard Nixon in the US National Tour of Frost/Nixon. His performance in the title role of King Lear has received international acclaim.